Agilent Technologies Announces Breakthrough Results in Communications ASIC Technology.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 21, 2001 New Level of Performance and Integration Achieved by Embedding 16 Multi-rate 3.125 Gb/s SerDes Channels in Standard CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) Pronounced "c-moss." The most widely used integrated circuit design. It is found in almost every electronic product from handheld devices to mainframes. Agilent Technologies This article needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :A) today announced breakthrough results in a recent application-specific integrated circuit (hardware) Application-Specific Integrated Circuit - (ASIC) An integrated circuit designed to perform a particular function by defining the interconnection of a set of basic circuit building blocks drawn from a library provided by the circuit manufacturer. (ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) Pronounced "a-sick." A chip that is custom designed for a specific application rather than a general-purpose chip such as a microprocessor. ) that provide a new level of input/output (I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output ) performance and integration in a CMOS (complementary metal oxide semiconductor See CMOS. (integrated circuit) Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor - (CMOS) A semiconductor fabrication technology using a combination of n- and p-doped semiconductor material to achieve low power dissipation. ) process. The announcement confirms Agilent's ability to integrate 16 multi-rate serializer/deserializer (SerDes) channels operating up to 3.125 Gb/s on a single CMOS chip. In comparison, the current industry benchmark is only four channels per chip. "Successfully demonstrating this level of embedded SerDes integration at 3.125 Gb/s affirms Agilent's leading communications ASIC capabilities," said Martin Scott, manager of Agilent's Network Products Operation. "Our ASIC technology continues to push the limits of high-performance, cost-effective equipment at the heart of tomorrow's networks." The new level of performance was achieved by leveraging Agilent's experience integrating over 50 2.5 Gigabits per second SerDes transmit and receive channels on a test chip. The multi-rate ASIC is backward compatible with link rates down to 1.5 Gb/s and incorporates approximately half a million logic gates. The chip can also drive a signal approximately 20 meters over standard copper cable. With over three decades of ASIC design and manufacturing experience, Agilent offers state-of-the-art hierarchical design methodology and design-for-test capability. The company has an outstanding track record of first-pass success in the design and manufacture of these chips. These strengths, combined with an extensive IP portfolio, facilitate rapid integration of quality, high-performance ASICs for applications including communications, imaging and computing. In addition to ASIC and SerDes products, Agilent is the world's leading provider of fiber-optic transceivers for the networking market. For more information visit www.agilent.com/view/networking. About Agilent Technologies Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) is a global technology leader in communications, electronics and life sciences. The company's 43,000 employees serve customers in more than 120 countries. Agilent had net revenue of $9.4 billion in fiscal year 2000, as restated to reflect the sale of its healthcare business. Information about Agilent is available on the Web at www.agilent.com. |
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